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son and Cook at the same time last
Thursday in response to a griev
ance filed by another candidate, Jeff
Oliver.
The top two finishers in the pri
mary advance to the general elec
tion. Oliver and his presidential
running mate, Eric Bailey, placed
third, but received the opportunity
to advance after the board disquali
fied Jacobson and Cook.
Oliver filed the grievance after Ja
cobson's campaign volunteers dis
tributed fliers outside doors in the
residence halls before the primary
election. Oliver said the action
broke election rules requiring equal
access for all candidates to Univer
sity facilities.
He added that University Hous
ing also adopted a Residence Hall
Association rule that candidates
could place a poster in each of the
common areas of the four complex
lobbies, but not in the actual resi
dence halls.
The board agreed, and Jacobson
said he decided to appeal the deci
sion during the weekend.
“We couldn’t let it go without a
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that “doesn’t diminish the con
cern.”
The committee will be meeting
with the Senate Executive Com
mittee on approximately March 21
to further discuss the issue and
give its final recommendation.
“We want to provide a history of
what the campus wants to do,” he
said.
Frank, however, also expressed
his desire that the issue will soon
come to rest. “I’m hopeful we’ll be
moving on to other issues soon,”
he said.
fight,” he said.
Jacobson actually asked the court
to place him on the general election
ballot against Brooklyn and Nair,
but he said he and Cook are more
than happy with the current re
sults.
“We’re happy that at least the
court is going to take into account
campus democracy,” Jacobson said.
“This is a big victory for campus
democracy.”
Jacobson has two main points he
will bring to the March 16 hearing.
First, he said the elections board
simply told his campaign to exam
ine the rules instead of specifically
telling them whether it was legal to
campaign in the residence halls.
He also contends that although
the board can use Housing rules in
its decision, the board incorrectly
considered him and Cook guilty be
cause Housing never released any
ruling on the matter.
“It’s like if we were accused of a
federal crime, the board would not
be so quick to bring their own
charges,” he said. “The elections
board didn’t have the jurisdiction
to find us guilty. Our due process
was just obliterated.”
He also criticized the board for
not giving his campaign enough
University Senate President
James Earl has said that the WRC
issue on campus is essentially
dead.
Southern Oregon University has
been the only other institution to
deal with labor-monitoring issues
in this state. Frohnmayer said he
has been in touch with the acting
president, Sarah Hopkins-Powell,
to discuss such issues.
She said that while SOU “isn’t a
big gorilla” in the labor issue, it
has developed its own code of
conduct that she didn’t expect to
be in conflict with the OUS policy
though their policy “bears a fair
amount of resemblance to other
codes.”
Five Ecuack
free after fi
MEDFORD — Four American oil
workers and a New Zealander held
captive in the jungles of Ecuador
for nearly five months are back on
U.S. soil.
A private jet carrying four of the
men, all employees for Erickson
Air-Crane, arrived early Saturday at
the airport in Medford, Ore., where
they were quickly whisked away in
a corporate vehicle.
“Erickson Air-Crane is delighted
to confirm the arrival of Arnie,
Dennis, Jason and Steve to Med
ford, Ore.,” a company statement
released Saturday said. It said the
four returned at 12:40 a.m. Satur
day.
“We wish to express our deepest
gratitude to both the families and to
Erickson employees for their pa
tience, faith and support during
this trying [time].
“We send our prayers and sup
port to the Sander family,” the fax
said, in reference to the hostage
killed by the captors.
Arnold Alford, 41, Steve Derry,
41, and Jason Weber, 29, all of Gold
Hill, Ore., and David Bradley, a
Helmerich & Payne employee from
Casper, Wyo., were among 10
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ve months
hostages freed Thursday for a re
ported $13 million ransom.
Dennis Corrin, a helicopter me
chanic from New Zealand, also ar
rived in Medford with the three
Oregon residents.
Their captors, believed to be a
professional gang of Colombian
kidnappers, killed another
Helmerich & Payne employee last
month — Ronald Sander, 54, of
Sunrise Beach, Mo. — in order to
pressure the companies to pay.
The five Americans, two French
men who later escaped, a Chilean,
an Argentine and a New Zealander
were abducted at gunpoint Oct. 12
from an oil field in Ecuador’s oil
rich northeast Amazon jungle near
the border with Colombia.
Foreign Minister Heinz Moeller
said Friday he feared the ransom
allegedly paid for their release
would be used by the kidnappers
“to step up violence, perhaps other
kidnappings or other crimes” along
Ecuador’s northern border region.
The companies have not pub
licly confirmed the ransom pay
ment.
The Associated Press
Pleasa recycle
this paper.
• The ASUO Constitution Court halted the general election,
set to start today, until it can hear an appeal by candidates
Bret Jacobson and Matt Cook
• The ASUO Elections Board disqualified Jacobson and Cook
last Thursday, the same night of the primary election.
• The board ruled in favor of a grievance filed by rival vice
presidential candidate Jeff Oliver after Jacobson’s campaign
placed fliers in residence halls.
•The court will hold a hearing March 16 and release a deci
sion no later than 5 p.m. March 19.
• The top two finishers in the primary election advance to
the generals. Nilda Brooklyn and Joy Nair received 624
votes. Jacobson and Matt Cook came in second with 356.
Eric Bailey and Oliver had 237.
time to respond to Oliver’s’ griev
ance before a decision was made.
“We effectively had three hours
to defend ourselves,” he said.
Elections Coordinator Shantell
Rice was not available for comment
at press time.
With the ruling, everyone run
ning must decide how to conduct a
campaign that will run at least an
other two weeks instead of four
days. Oliver said he and Bailey will
still be on the streets campaigning
today though the court could end
their run.
“It’s kind of tough to campaign
for an election when you don’t
know what it’s going to be,” Oliver
said. “But as far as we know, we’re
running in this election.”
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